A Chinese export lacquer square shawl box and hinged cover painted and gilt with a shaped panel of three figures on a riverbank within foliate borders, the interior fitted with a painted silk box and cover depicting a seated official with two attendants beside a pagoda, the faces onlaid in ivory, all within foliate borders -- 17½.in.wide.

Details
A Chinese export lacquer square shawl box and hinged cover painted and gilt with a shaped panel of three figures on a riverbank within foliate borders, the interior fitted with a painted silk box and cover depicting a seated official with two attendants beside a pagoda, the faces onlaid in ivory, all within foliate borders -- 17½.in.wide.
;

More from Oriental Works of Art and Ceramics

View All
View All